What is Nature Connect?
Nature Connect project runs regular group activities in Mile Cross to help adults to develop a deeper contact with nature for improved resilience and overall better good mental health.
The project will include the following elements:
- Resilience workshop
- Sowing and Growing groups
- Mindful Walking and Forest Bathing
- Nature Connect workshops and groups
Who is Nature Connect for?
People (over 18 years old) struggling with or at risk of low to moderate mental health conditions. This may also be as a consequence of COVID.
How do I access Nature Connect?
We are a self-referral service, and we ask all participants to complete a brief booking form to join our courses.
How can I find out more about Nature Connect?
Call us on 0300 330 5488 option 1 or email natureconnect@norfolkandwaveneymind.org.uk where you will be met by a Recovery Triage Operator who will provide you with further information about this service.
Whether it’s you, someone in your family, a friend or a work colleague, we are here to support you.
Upcoming Groups and Workshops
Forest Bathing
A gentle guided stroll, taking time to tune into our senses, slow
down and take notice of the nature around us. Benefits can include
improved mood and reduced stress - leave feeling more relaxed!
Part of a new season of sessions taking place in and around Norwich.
July
Thursday 3rd July – Earlham Woods – 6.30pm – 8pm
Tuesday 15th July – Catton Park – 6.30pm - 8pm
August
Thursday 14th August – Whitlingham Country Park – 6.30pm – 8pm
Life Gardening through the seasons.
Life Gardening with Norfolk and Waveney Mind at Mile Cross Library Garden.
A workshop to connect with nature as a way to help us reflect and celebrate our own lives – looking at your life like a garden. A session informed by eco-therapy principles and facilitated by Shona from Buzzards and Worms.
Summer - Friday 27th June, 11.30am - 1pm
- What are you opening up to in your life?
- How can we find balance for ourselves in a fast-paced Summer time?
- What changes are happening in your life just now?
- What is blossoming in your life?
Autumn - Friday 12th September
- What changes would we like to bring into our life?
- What can we gather up and harvest from our year so far?
- What are we grateful for?
- How can we turn more towards our hearts and what we want for ourselves?
- As the leaves begin to fall, are there things I would also like to let go of?
Winter - Friday 12th December
- How can we keep connected to our own rhythm during the seasonal holidays that are coming our way?
- Can we make some space to reflect on our year and celebrate what we have achieved?
- How can we make space for rest this Winter?
- As the leaves get collected up for compost, what can we compost from our year?
- In what ways can we tend to ourselves with kindness and compassion this Winter?
- What keeps us rooted and connected through the dark months?
Welcome to Southwell Road Community Garden growing sessions…
Taking time out of our busy lives to be outside boosts our health and wellbeing. Come and find out how you can be a part of Southwell Road Community Garden. Located behind Lakenham Doctors Surgery.
Saturday, 31st May, 11-1pm
Join in to plant up the raised beds with veggies and flowers for everyone to enjoy.
Forest Bathing Peer Facilitator Group
Coming soon - dates TBC
Be part of a group exploring the Japanese practice of Shinrin Yoku (also known as Forest Bathing) and how to lead our own simple sessions with friends or family. At each group, we’ll learn skills that bring us back to nature and create space in our busy lives, and we’ll consider how to practice this with others.
Contact natureconnect@norfolkandwaveneymind.org.uk for more information and to book.
Three Roots/Routes to Emotional Resilience